Omastar
11-17-2007, 03:29 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat;_ylt=AgQYUXa6vT fWRpXdxEh12ewuQE4F
SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.
One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.
"Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph.
"Leave Santa alone."
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
-----
I don't even know where to begin here, as the layers of stupidity and righteous ultra-political correctness are so many. First of all, it's a greeting used by good ol' Saint Nicholas; how can you distort that into a sexually pejorative remark toward women? The people who sit around and think up this BS are the TRULY sick and disturbed ones, and quite frankly I fear for humanity if they're calling the shots.
And, ladies, it should only be offensive if you are a whore. And even then, it shouldn't be offensive because...well, it's true!
:rolleyes:
SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.
One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.
"Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph.
"Leave Santa alone."
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
-----
I don't even know where to begin here, as the layers of stupidity and righteous ultra-political correctness are so many. First of all, it's a greeting used by good ol' Saint Nicholas; how can you distort that into a sexually pejorative remark toward women? The people who sit around and think up this BS are the TRULY sick and disturbed ones, and quite frankly I fear for humanity if they're calling the shots.
And, ladies, it should only be offensive if you are a whore. And even then, it shouldn't be offensive because...well, it's true!
:rolleyes: